It’s easy to be fooled into thinking everyone with a UK driving licence is a Clarkson supporter. A quick glance at Twitter will show you this is not the case. Some onlookers are extremely happy that Clarkson has been suspended and would be happier still if he was suspended from Tower Bridge by a length of rope.

Richard Hammond and James May have said they won’t work without Clarkson. They mightn’t have a choice, because without Clarkson, they won’t work.

And so rumbles on the biggest saga to hit the BBC since the previous saga involving Top Gear.